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Jack opened the double doors to the front office. He didn't have a clue why he was here but he hoped that he wouldn't be bad.
Though since it's me were talking about, it probably is something bad he thought.
The front office was quite a large room with a huge desk at the front with four ladies sitting at it. There were at least twelves seats in the waiting area and there were four students sitting and staring at him.
Two of them looked sick, one had her sports uniform on and a cut on her knee and the last one was smirking at him.
It was Flynn Rider. Typical bad boy with a horrible reputation. He was a senior and all the girls fell for him. Jack rolled his eyes and walked up to the only lady at the desk who wasn't on a phone.
"Hello there laddie, what might I do for you?" The lady was short and had a nose that looked like a crow's beak. She had a Scottish accent that was as strong as Merida's and she looked quite old.
"Um hi I got called up to the office for some reason, the lady didn't tell me why" The lady nodded and looked at her computer.
"Oh you must be Jack Overland. Come for a walk with me down this hall. Mrs Orleans wants to see you"
Jack's throat tightened at the name. Mrs Orleans was the high school counsellor. Jack had never seen her but he knew the name from around school.
He really didn't want to see her of all people, now he wished he was in trouble with some teacher or the principle.
The lady hopped off her seat and walked around the desk and motioned with her hand for Jack to follow her. The lady hobbled down a hall, she was really short compared to Jack.
Jack walked by each door and read the names that were plastered on each of them. They got to the end of the hall to find another waiting area with three seats in a row that were all matching.
"Wait here, she'll only be a few minutes" Jack nodded and sat down in the seat closest to him.
"Thankyou Mrs…" Jack stopped talking because he didn't know her name. The lady chuckled at him. "I'm Mrs. Witch dear. Good luck laddie" she said as she walked off back down the hall.
Jack sat there nervously fiddling with his earphones as he stared at the door with 'Eudora Orleans' plastered on it. He had never been called to the counsellor's office before.
He had heard they could really help people but he was scared. He didn't want anyone to find out about how Pitch hurt him and didn't take care of him like a normal adult would.
Because if someone did find out, not only would they find out how much of a wimp he was not being able to protect himself or his younger sister but they would also take him away to some foster home and he's be placed somewhere away from his friends who were the only light he had in his life.
The darkness that Pitch caused him was all he knew and he didn't think he could would ever be able to get out of it.
Then the door to the counsellor's room swung open. A girl his age walked out with an older lady.
The girl had short black hair with a fringe, dark make up and wore only black besides her dark red stockings under her leather skirt.
She was holding a black jumper and was talking to the women who Jack guessed was Mrs Orleans.
"Thank you Mrs, I'll try that safety plan thing you gave me. Hopefully it'll help me" Safety plan? Thought Jack as he stood up and put his headphones back in his pocket.
"I hope it works as well. Be strong Mavis, I know you can get through this" Mavis waved goodbye to the women and started to put on her jumper. Jack then understood what she meant by 'be strong'.
She had cuts on her arms that didn't look like they were an accident.
She looked at Jack and her smile dropped. She knew he saw her cuts and she had pleading look on her face.
Jack smiled warmly at her and nodded at her to say it was okay. She smiled a very small smile, pulled on her hood and kept on walking. Jack hoped that the girl Mavis would get through it and be alright.
"So you must be Jack Overland" said Mrs Orleans as she smiled at the boy eye to eye.
"And you must be Mrs. Orleans. I've heard stuff around school that you're a really good counsellor" The women laughed to herself. "Is that right? Well better than being feared around school. What happened to your lip?" she asked with concern.
Jack stomach dropped and his throat tightened again. "I ah slipped on the tiles at home while bitting my lip and my jaw hit the kitchen bench so now I've got this massive cut. I'm so clumsy I guess"
Jack put his award winning smile to try and cover it up as if it was nothing. Mrs Orleans new though that cut on his lip would not have happened from falling over.
She nodded along at him and smiled again. "Okay then dear. Now come on in" Mrs Orleans walked back into the room and over to a small desk in the corner of the room.
Jack walked in and was amazed by the room.
It had bright, comfy chairs and couches all around the room and pillows on each chair. The floor was a light green carpet and the walls were covered in different posters with inspiring quotes and phone numbers to safety places and help lines for teens.
There was also a large bookshelf in the room that was filled with books on counselling, teens, kids and random romance and comedy novels.
"This room is so cool" Then he smelled an incredible smell in the room. "What's that smell?" He turned around to see Mrs Orleans eating out of a bowl.
"Sorry I have a meeting at lunch time so this is the only chance I'll be able to eat for lunch. It's my husband's famous gumbo recipe, my daughter made it last night. You may have seen her around, her names Tianna and she goes to this school. She's a junior like you"
The name did seem familiar but Jack couldn't put a face to it. "I've heard the name and I'm pretty sure I must have seen her at some time"
The women nodded and smiled as she ate more out of the bowl. "Go and take a seat, I'll be with you in a second"
Jack walked to the far end of the room and sat on the chair that was in the corner of the room. He put his hands in his pockets and looked at Mrs Orleans as she grabbed a note pad, a piece of paper with something written on it and a black pen.
She was quite a well-dressed women. She had on a modest women's suit and her hair was cut in a short bob. Her hair was black and wavy with grey hairs starting to show through.
Her skin was a beautiful brown colour and wrinkles were starting to form around her eyes.
"So Jack, I'm guessing you're sixteen" she asked as she put her bowl down on her desk. "Yeah I am, I'll be 17 on February 27th" answered Jack with a small smile on his face.
Then it'll just be on more year until I can be free thought Jack.
"Not too far away now is it" Not too far away at all, thought Jack. "The reason I've called you here today is because a few of your teachers have had some concerns about you"
Jack raised an eyebrow. When did a teacher ever care for me? He thought. Mrs Orleans sat down on a chair across from him with the notepad on her lap.
"I won't go into any of them but because of these concerns, it is my job to just check in with you and make sure everything's alright" Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"Well everything's alright" he said sarcastically.
Mrs Orleans laughed at his remark. "Well to make sure that's true I will be seeing you for the next few days. You'll be missing classes and instead you'll just be sitting here talking with me, sound good?"
Jack nodded slowly. Missing classes sounded good but he wasn't really sure about talking to this women about stuff that nobody knew.
"Also if it makes you more comfortable call me by my first name, Eudora. Now before we start I just want to tell you that this is a judgment free zone. You can say anything, and I mean anything, and nobodies gonna judge you. You can swear your head off if you need to, I honestly don't care. You can say anything"
Jack was surprised that she said that. "So I can swear here, like I won't get into trouble?' He asked still not sure if she was saying telling the truth.
"Yes dear. Now here is the confidentiality agreement"
She passed him a piece of paper with writing all over it and bellow was a space for him to sign.
"That's just some fancy words that mean whatever you say, stays in this room. I can't go ahead and talk to teachers, students or anybody about what you say, I would get into a lot of trouble if I did"
Jack started to read the form and nodded to what she was saying. "The only exception is that if I believe you're in any trouble, like in a situation in which you could get hurt or worse, then I have the right to tell someone. But other than that I can't say a word so what's said in this room, stays in this room. When you're ready just sign your signature down there."
Eudora smiled at the boy as he read the form and signed. Jack finished and handed the piece of paper back to her.
Jack was tapping his foot on the floor nervously and he wasn't sure about any of this.
"Thank you. This first session is all about me getting to know you. I've read through your file and gave me an idea of what your like but I want to hear it from you. How long have you been at this school?"
Jack thought back to his first day at this school when he still had brown hair and his very first ear lobe piercings. "Since my first year of high school, I was a freshman"
Eudora nodded and started to write down notes. "How are you going in school? What's your favourite classes?"
"Umm I'm doing pretty good in school, it's only the first week of school so who knows what could happen. My favourite classes are Maths, health, science is alright and P.E would be great if it didn't have some people in it"
Jack rolled his eyes as he thought of some students. "Who's in your P.E class that you obviously hate?" She asked with a chuckle.
"This guy called Snotlout, he's an absolute asshole and a jock. Then there's his friends, who are also jocks, which follow and do everything he does. There's also other popular guys who are also assholes. So I ended up in the class with all the dickheads along with my two other friends instead of the P.E class with all the normal people in it"
Eudora nodded and wrote down her notes. "I see, so I'm guessing you're not the most popular kid in school" she said with a half-smile.
Jack shrugged. "You could say that, but I like it. I like being different from everyone else. Plus it'd be pretty boring if I was like everyone else" Eudora chuckled.
"That's very true. So tell me about your friends, what's their names, what are they like?"
Jack smiled as he thought of his friends. "Well my best and closest friend is Hiccup. I know weird nickname but someone came up with it and it's just stuck I guess"
Eudora laughed and kept writing, looking up at him from time to time.
"He's really witty and boy can he be sarcastic. He's always been with me, never left me. He's I guess showed empathy to me when I first came to this school. I hate it because his dad just thinks he's a nuisance. His dad's just so caught up in his work that he never has time for him and when he does he's just such a dick to him. Hiccup deserves way better than that. I just, I wish his dad would treat him better"
Eudora looked at Jack sadly. "I understand how you feel. Later on we can talk about how you could maybe help him or any other friends you think you should try and help. So tell me about your other friends"
"Next is Merida. She's from Scotland, she moved here in the middle of the year as a freshman. No one could understand her because she had such a strong accent. Hiccup and I had to basically translate her to teachers. People made fun of her but soon they stopped because she never missed when she kicked or punched. She's very adventurous, she loves the outdoors and is really wild at times. She's a great friend and even though she acts tough, she is really caring on the inside. Her mom loves her but she's very protective and controlling at times. She doesn't want anything bad to happen to her but honestly she's not letting anything at all ever happen to her. I wish she'd let her have a bit more free will"
Jack remembered when he had caught Merida and her mom fighting. It was harsh the things they both said to each other. Jack couldn't even remember ever fighting with his mom.
She was just so loving and caring. He was so devastated when she died in that hospital room.
Jack shook away the thoughts and went on talking.
"Then there's Jim, he's adventurous and caring like Merida but he's also selfless and loyal to me and the others. He'd never let any of us down. He's so smart, he just doesn't use his brain to his full potential that's all. I haven't known him as long as the others but were still close. His dad left him and his mom when he was only young. He still remembers it all though and it sort of haunts him. His mom struggles to take care of him, let alone herself. I've met her, she's a mess. He hates seeing his mom like this but he doesn't know how to help her"
Jack thought of his friends and realised how much he cared about each and every one of them.
"Is that all or are there more?" Jack remembered the last two and his smile grew.
His worries about talking to Eudora were fading away. He felt way better and wanted to talk for the rest of the day.
"Yeah there's two other girls who are new friends of mine. First there's Rapunzel"
Jack smiled softly as he said her name.
"She's a new student here. She's really kind and sweet. It's funny she can get scared and tricked really easily. She's outgoing and really charming.."
Jack stopped himself as he realised he was talking too quickly. Eudora laughed at the boy.
"Don't suppose you have any feelings towards this girl Jack?" she asked with a smirk on her face. "No I don't, she's just really nice. I guess" Eudora chuckled.
"If you're sure, now tell me about the last girl" Jack ruffled his hair as he thought about Ariel.
"Lastly there's Ariel who I met yesterday. She was being made fun of at the front of the class by a girl called Aurora. She's an absolute bitch. We came up to her at the front and stood for her. After that she's become one of our friends. She's a really kind girl, she didn't deserve to be picked on by Aurora. Also, I'm not sure if I should tell you this.."
Jack didn't know if he should tell Eudora about Ariel's anorexia. But it could help her and possibly save her even.
"Jack if it's important, than you need to tell me. Especially if it would help Ariel" Jack inwardly sighed.
"The others and I think she's anorexic. She's really, really thin. She never ate lunch or ate anything yesterday and when she was getting changed for P.E Merida and Rapunzel could see almost all of her bones. They said she was just skin and bones. She knows she's too thin but she can't stop, that's the problem"
Eudora quickly started writing down notes with seriousness on her face. "What's her last name?"
"Umm Ariel…. Atlantica that's it. Ariel Atlantica"
Eudora stood up and walked over to her desk. She dialled a number on the phone and waited for someone to answer. Jack wasn't sure who she was ringing but he hoped it was someone who could help Ariel.
"Yes may I speak to Principle Sandy please? Thank you" Jack smiled when she said Sandy.
Jack had talked to Principle Sandy a few times and he is the kindest man you'll ever met. Eudora mouthed wait just a moment to Jack with an impatient look on her face.
Her face lit up when she heard someone on the other line.
"Hello there Sandy. We've got a situation with a student here at school. No I haven't met the student personally but her friend who I'm here with an appointment now has told me about her. Okay. Okay thankyou I'll see you in just a moment"
Eudora hung up the phone and turned towards Jack. "I'm so sorry sweetie but I'm going to have to cut this session short. I will though be seeing you tomorrow at.."
She wrote something down on a piece of paper. "at 11:00"
Jack stood up and grabbed the piece of paper that was now in her hand. "Okay thanks but one question. How long will it actually take until you see Ariel and help her?"
Eudora tapped her finger on the desk as she thought.
"Well it really depends, today I'll talk to Sandy about the situation. Then tomorrow I'll have a meeting with the staff to see what we can do and I might also need to talk to you and your friends tomorrow to find out about everything that has happened in the past few days with Ariel. I might not get to actually see her until next week"
Jack ruffled with his hair and bit the inside of his mouth. Anything could happen from now and then thought Jack.
Eudora put both her hands on his shoulders. She almost gasped as she felt all the bones in his shoulders. There's nothing to him she thought.
"I know the system is very long and at times painful, but if we don't do this right she could end up getting hurt, I'm guessing she's already delicate enough" Jack nodded and sighed as Eudora let go of him.
"Okay just please do whatever you can for her" Jack said as he walked towards the door.
"I will do my best. Take care of yourself now Jack, no more falling over alright" If only, he thought but he just smiled and nodded. "You got it Eudora, see you tomorrow"
"Bye bye Jack" Jack closed the door and sighed with relief.
So Ariel is in safe hands and she didn't even ask about anything with home. Maybe if I keep this up, she won't even know that Pitch exists, thought Jack as he walked down the hallway to hell.
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"So they're going to do everything they can for Ariel?" Asked Rapunzel as she stood with Jack at his locker. Jack put his books back in his locker and nodded.
"Yes, that's what it sounds like" Rapunzel tapped her fingers on a locker nervously.
She was happy that Jack was being taken care of and that Ariel would be alright, she was still worried though. She didn't know what would happen with Ariel or Jack.
Jack saw the worry on her face and smiled at her to reassure her. "Don't worry about it, she'll be fine. Anyway let's not even talk about it. How's your day been?"
Rapunzel shrugged. "It's been alright, you?"
Jack opened his mouth to say something but stopped when he saw something behind Rapunzel. A huge grin spread across his face. Rapunzel turned around to see what he was looking at. Her jaw dropped and she smiled identically to Jack.
It was Hiccup and Merida. Hiccup had his arm around Merida's shoulders and Merida had an arm around his waist. They were walking together and everyone was staring and whispering about them as they walked by. They walked up to Jack and Rapunzel, both of them smiling from ear to ear.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" asked Hiccup with a raised eyebrow. Both Rapunzel and Jack raised their eyebrows and looked at each other.
"We could say the same thing. What's up with you two and where were you guys all morning?" asked Jack with a smirk on his face. Merida and Hiccup looked at each other and started laughing.
Jack knew something had happened but Rapunzel was completely lost and didn't have a clue what was happening.
Merida calmed down but Hiccup was still laughing. Merida shook her head at Hiccup. What a weirdo she thought.
"Me and Hiccup were just wagging class to… you know, kiss in the janitors closet" said Merida with a shrug. Rapunzel practically screamed with excitement as she jumped up and down like a child.
"Pfft yeah no big deal" said Jack sarcastically. Hiccup had calmed down now. "Yeah no big deal, were just going out that's all. Nothing big" he said as he kissed Merida on the forehead.
Rapunzel silently screamed. She couldn't contain herself. Rapunzel breathed in and out slowly. "Ice-cream, cotton candy, white chocolate, marshmallows" she said quickly to compose herself.
"What the heck was that?' asked Jack. Rapunzel shrugged and giggled to herself.
"Just something I say to myself to calm myself. Weird but it really works. Now red haired lass I have had the sudden need to go to the bathroom, would you please come with me? Like right now" Rapunzel had an impatient smile on her face.
Merida giggled into her hand as the sight. "Sure blondie, we'll only be a few minutes boy's. Go get lunch, find Ariel and Jim and go to the stairs. We'll meet you there soon" said Merida as she let go of Hiccup and began to walk towards Rapunzel.
"Sure see you soon" both boys said as they walked off in the other direction and began to talk about what had happened.
Rapunzel and Merida walked down the hall towards the bathroom. Rapunzel couldn't wait though, she needed to know what went on. She pulled Merida to the side of the hall and out of the way of people walking.
"Blondie what are you doing? I thought we were going to the bathroom" asked Merida who looked perplexed.
"I'm sorry I couldn't wait. So Merida what happened! You need to tell me every single little detail" Merida laughed at her friend.
"Okay okay. So after you all left Hiccup saw some of the texts I was getting from Aurora and Snow. They were pretty nasty. As soon as he saw them, Hiccup grabbed my hand and started pulling me all the way to the janitor's closet. He locked the door and asked me if I like believed what Aurora and Snow were saying and I said yes"
At that moment Rapunzel hugged her with everything she had. Merida giggled and squeezed Rapunzel back.
"Thanks blondie. Then he started telling me that the things they were saying weren't true and that I was beautiful. Then he kissed and I kissed him back"
Merida blushed as she thought back to what had happened. Rapunzel was screaming internally by this point.
"Then he asked me out, I said yes and by the time we realised the bell had rung for lunch we were both on the floor hugging and kissing together"
Rapunzel let go of Merida and started jumping up and down excitedly. "Oh my lord that's so cute. God on the outside Hiccup just looks like a sarcastic laid back kind of guy but really he's cares for you and he's really romantic actually"
Merida nodded in agreement. "I know right! He's just incredible and I'm so happy right now"
Rapunzel hugged Merida tightly once more. "Oh I'm so happy for you"
Rapunzel looked up at her friend and smiled a bright smile. "Thanks, now let's go back and get lunch. My stomachs about to eat itself"
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Rapunzel sat on the end of her bed drawing out ideas of what she could put in for the art competition. It was six weeks away but she still wanted to get a head start on it.
As she drew she thought of everything that was happening. She was quite happy about everything that was going on.
Hiccup and Merida were now together. Jack was getting help, even if he didn't realise it and Ariel would be okay. Even so she was still really nervous for them both. Especially Jack.
Rapunzel looked at her drawings and sighed. Most of her ideas were pretty good but then she looked at her sketches in the corner and felt her cheeks blush.
It was a drawing of none other than Jack himself. It there were five small sketches of Jack, all having different facial expressions and movements with his hands and body. She giggled.
God this is bad, this is really really bad, Rapunzel thought. I can't have feelings for Jack, I just met him! Anyway I've never been with anyone in that way so who knows what would happen. Plus I don't think he would ever have feelings for me. A punk like him like a girl like me?
Her phone vibrated on her bed that scared her a little. Why do I have to be so jumpy? She thought. Rapunzel picked it up and realised it was a text message from Merida.
Merida: Hey blondie! I'm going to add you to a group chat that has me, Hiccup and Jack in it. Is that okay with you?
Rapunzel smiled joyfully. If she got let into the group chat, then she could get Jack's message. She squealed to herself like a five year old and went on to text Merida.
Rapunzel: Yes please!
Merida: k just wait a sec
Rapunzel tapped on her phone as she waited. She looked back at her drawing and knew she would have to really think of something else.
It would be a bit creepy if she entered a drawing or painting of Jack. Suddenly she got an idea and wrote it down on her note book.
This idea, it actually might be just what I need! She thought as her phone buzzed again.
Merida: Hey again blondie
Unknown: Heyy its Hiccup
Unknown: Jack here!
Rapunzel quickly changed the contacts before she texted back. As she typed up the message she thought really carefully on what she was going to say.
She didn't want to say something stupid or weird. When she as happy with the message she sent it, hoping it was the right thing to say.
Rapunzel: Hey guys! Thanks for letting me in the group :)
Merida: No problem
Jack: You're our friend, of course we'd let you in
Hiccup: Yeah he's right ^^
Rapunzel: Well thanks anyway
Jack: so what you doing blondie?
Rapunzel: Drawing ideas for the art competition
Hiccup: Cool, what have you drawn so far?
Rapunzel looked over at the drawing and knew she couldn't tell them what she really drew. She bit her lip and typed something else.
Rapunzel: A surprise!
Merida: oh c'mon tell us
Rapunzel: But then it wouldn't be a surprise ;)
Merida: True
Rapunzel: Anyway what are you guys doing?
Hiccup: Homework, kill me now
Jack: Listening to music as per usual :D
Merida: Ruining my clothes
Rapunzel: WHAT?!
Merida: Nah I'm just fixing up some of my shirts and jeans. I'm adding stuff to them, making them more unusual
Rapunzel: I was very confused for a second there haha
Hiccup: Guys I need a lift for Saturday. My dad's got work and he didn't tell me about it :/ Can one of you pick me up?
Rapunzel: Well mom's coming with me and she's picking up Jack along the way. She wanted to see me get my ears pierced. I'm sure we can pick you up as well :)
Hiccup: Yes! Thanks heaps, I'll send you the address later
Rapunzel: No problem
Merida: Can you pick me up too please? I really don't want mom to have to drop me off. She'll ask too many questions and she'll have to bring my brothers along with her :(
Rapunzel: Sure mom and I will pick you all up on Saturday :D I can't wait it'll be so much fun!
Rapunzel continued to talk to the other friends long into the night and she knew she did really belong with them. And for the first time ever she felt wanted by her real friends.
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